týr

See also: Týr, tyr, and Tyr

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse týr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʰiːr/

  Rhymes: -iːr

  Homophone: Týr

Noun

týr m (genitive singular týs, nominative plural tívar)

1. (poetic) god (referring one of the pagan gods)

Old Norse

Etymology

From earlier runic ᛏᛁᚢᛦ (tiuʀ), from Proto-Germanic *tīwaz (“god”), itself from Proto-Indo-European *deywós (“god”). Identical to Týr (“Tyr, Tiw”).

Noun

týr m (genitive týs, plural tívar)

1. (poetic, Germanic paganism) god
   • c. 850, Þjóðólfr ór Hvíni, Haustlǫng, 8/1–4

     Fló með fróðgum tívi · fangsæll of veg langan
     sveita nagr, svát slitna · sundr ulfs faðir mundi.

     The bird of blood [EAGLE = Þjazi], happy in its catch, flew a long way with the wise god [= Loki], so that the Wolf’s father [= Loki] was about to be torn apart.

Declension

  Declension of týr (strong wa-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	týr	týrinn	tívar	tívarnir
accusative	tý	týinn	tíva	tívana
dative	tívi	tívinum	tívum, tíum	tíunum
genitive	týs	týs	tíva	tívanna

Derived terms

• sigtívar (“victory-gods”)
• valtívar (“gods of the slain”)
• Farmatýr (“god of cargoes; Odin”)
• Valtýr (“god of the slain; Odin”)

Descendants

• Icelandic: tívar
• >? Faroese: tívi
• Norwegian Nynorsk: tivar